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ABSCAM agents to FBI chief: Bureau's 'reputation' on the line in Clinton probe
The Washington Times ^ | April 15, 2016 | Catherine Herridge, Pamela K. Browne

Posted on 04/15/2016 2:51:31 PM PDT by jazusamo

Former FBI agents who worked the notorious 1970s sting operation known as ABSCAM have written FBI Director James Comey to warn that nothing less than the bureau's "reputation" is on the line as the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email practices enters a critical phase.

The agents, in a March 16 letter obtained by Fox News, offered their support for Comey and the agents working the email case. But the letter cautioned the outcome would have long-lasting implications.

"Decisions must be made on facts alone. Much is at stake here -- people's trust in the Bureau for years to come, as well as the Bureau's reputation among our allies, partners, and friends as the greatest law enforcement agency in the world,” wrote John F. Good, president of the Long Island Chapter of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI.

Good told Fox News a half-dozen FBI agents who worked the 1978 ABSCAM investigation – which targeted sitting members of Congress -- belong to the chapter. The ABSCAM investigation included more than 30 political figures, with six House members and one U.S. senator ultimately convicted of crimes. The investigation was depicted in the 2013 Golden Globe-winning movie "American Hustle," in which Bradley Cooper played an agent based on Good and others.

Good, 79, told Fox News by phone that the Clinton email case boils down to whether the U.S. is a nation of laws, where all citizens are equal under the law, or there is a different set of rules for the powerful. He said the ABSCAM agents thought it was important to show support for the bureau’s work in the email probe since they know what it feels like to face intense public scrutiny.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abscam; clinton; clintoninvestigation; comey; corruption; emails; fbi; hillary; hillarycriminalprobe; jamescomey; murtha; privateserver
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To: jazusamo


Ah, Rita.  ABSCAM without Rita Jenrette is like
a jihad suicide without the seventy-two virgins.


41 posted on 04/15/2016 4:35:15 PM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: jazusamo

WE'RE WAITING FOR HILLARY.

42 posted on 04/15/2016 4:57:09 PM PDT by seawolf101 (This)
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To: jazusamo

Free Jon Corzine!!


43 posted on 04/15/2016 5:18:27 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: seawolf101

Love it, “smartest woman in the world” will fit right in.


44 posted on 04/15/2016 5:33:20 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: gaijin
The Olympic bombing HERO, Clinton ordered the FBI to frame him up as the perp.

The FBI eagerly complied, completely willing to become a handy political tool.

You can't raise the Jewell persecution without including the biggest tool in the sordid mess, Judge Louis FACT Freeh.

45 posted on 04/15/2016 6:00:02 PM PDT by kitchen (If you are a luthier please ping me.)
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To: stockpirate
Too late, the FBI is as corrupt as the IRS, USSC, ATF, EPA, DOJ, HHS. Just think FBI and Solindra’s missing $800 million dollars, no investigation.

Didn't the Department of State also "lose" a couple of billion$ during the Ugly Fat Cow's criminal tenure also?

No investigation...

46 posted on 04/15/2016 6:19:39 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: publius911
As I recall, it was more like 6 Billion.

But what difference does it make at this point, ... unless there is evidence of it's disappearance, into a certain global non-profit, in all those deleted e-mails!

SS1

47 posted on 04/15/2016 10:30:00 PM PDT by Spitzensparkin1 (Arrest and deport all illegal aliens. Americans demand those jobback! Whoorah, Arizona!)
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